Geometric Software launches DFM Pro

Geometric Software Solutions Company Ltd has announced DFM Pro - the latest in its series of DFM family of products. DFM Pro implements a set of critical DFM rules to check designs from a manufacturing perspective. DFM Pro is available for SolidWorks 2007 and 2008.

DFM Pro is a revolutionary "Design For Manufacturing" product developed for designers to facilitate upstream manufacturability validation and identification of areas in design that are difficult, expensive, and impossible to manufacture. DFM Pro is engineered for quick and in-depth examination of product manufacturability. It includes advanced design rules for manufacturing processes like milling, drilling, turning and sheet-metal fabrication. It also contains rules to process manufacturing tolerances specified using Solid Works® Intelligent Feature Technology (SWIFT™).

DFM Pro enables faster, cost-effective and optimized product development, as well as greater in- depth examination of product manufacturability than was possible earlier using the most intensive iterative design processes. Tightly integrated with SolidWorks as an add-in, DFM Pro allows designers to perform complete design checks and analysis for manufacturability directly from within Solid Works sessions.

"DFM Pro provides a sophisticated environment for designers to custom configure the default design rules for manufacturing processes," said Mike Coleman, CEO of the Company's Desktop Products & Technologies Business Unit. "Providing simple, accurate and robust design analysis based on manufacturability rules, DFM Pro ultimately leads to better products by giving designers the confidence and capabilities to build superior models. Designers are free to innovate, secure in the knowledge that they won't pass potentially costly mistakes down to manufacturing."

Benefits of DFM Pro:

- Allows early prediction and prevention of production problems or manufacturing inefficiencies

- Assists the evolution of optimal design and product quality

- Facilitates automation of manufacturability review process